Warehouse Team Leader - Fixed Term Contract

Warehouse Team Leader - Fixed Term Contract

Apply locations: Amherstburg, Canada

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 2 Days Ago

Job requisition id: JR1105577

Job Description:

Just Imagine… Joining the world's leading premium drinks business, surprising and delighting our customers & consumers with our brands such as Johnnie Walker, Guinness and Smirnoff.

Diageo

Warehouse Team Leader - Fixed Term Contract

Contract will be 6 months (with possible extension)

Here is a little bit about us. At Diageo, we have more than 27,000 forward-thinking and collaborative people working to push our business and brands forward. We have a guiding purpose – to Celebrate life every day, everywhere, which permeates everything we do. We want our people to progress and fulfil their potential while at Diageo through giving them the freedom to do the best work of their careers.

The ideal candidate will be able to:

Energize, Engage & Develop People: Perform as a first-level leader providing coaching, support, and direction to work team. Promote positive employee relations through effective management and issue resolution.

Deliver Outstanding Results: Provide business leadership to ensure that team meets or exceeds departmental/plant goals in critical success areas (health & safety, quality, customer services, innovation & cost).

Drive continuous improvement and total employee involvement in critical success areas by empowering employees to utilize lean manufacturing tools.

Decision Making: Daily staffing of warehouse operations. Prioritizing tasks to be completed with available staff. Daily responsibility for warehouse operations, including involvement in quality issues, machine capability, and adherence to work rules.

Financial Responsibility: Leading warehouse operations to optimize efficiencies and reduce labor costs. Improving throughputs while minimizing labor use.

Management Responsibility: Directly responsible for hourly workers and indirectly oversee maintenance staff.

Key Outputs/Deliverables:

• Supervisory responsibilities are in accordance with company policy and applicable laws. Responsibilities include: training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; employee development, rewarding, focusing, and motivating employees; addressing complaints, resolving conflict, solving problems, and verifying payroll sheets.
• Ensure efficient production is achieved and standards are met. Optimize safety, quality, production, and cost objectives through employee involvement and team building approach to problem solving.
• Train and monitor personnel to ensure proper procedures are followed.
• Communicate production schedules and schedule changes to appropriate departments.
• Direct the planning and implementation of key initiatives to improve bottling/warehousing operations.
• Ensure all monthly safety and food safety audits are completed on time, all corrective action items are completed, and all bottling workers understand the goals.
• Review all production paperwork and ensure all paperwork is filled out accurately and completely.
• Ensure production databases are properly maintained and information used for continuous improvement.
• Generate ideas and implement changes in processes and use of equipment to increase efficiency, improve safety and quality, reduce costs, and improve employee morale.
• Assist other departments on material quality, package quality, and other production related issues.
• Work with management staff on safety issues, employee concerns, productivity, and quality.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience Required:

• BA/BS in Business, Management, or Engineering, 2 to 5 plus years of supervisory experience in high speed bottling plant and or warehouse environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in unionized environment a must.
• Excellent organization skills. Ability to handle multiple priorities, prioritize effectively and manage time.
• Ability to coordinate with other departments, as well as all levels of management.
• Through working knowledge and demonstrated expertise in all areas of high speed bottling activities, including machine operations, machine changeovers, start-up, shut down, package quality, Applicable Health & Safety standards, and BATF and/or excise compliance.
• Must be able to work a rotating shift.

Worker Type: Regular

Primary Location: Amherstburg Plant

Job Posting Start Date: 2024-11-01

Salary Range:

Minimum Salary: $62,250

Maximum Salary: $103,750

At Diageo certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual incentive payment and stock awards. US-based employees are eligible for healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellness benefits and industry leading parental leave, among others. (Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Diageo and the country where you work.) The salary range displayed is the salary range for the role’s primary location.